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To: ifinnegan

“You see it as well.”

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Best writing tip ever in “River Runs Through It” by Tom Skerritt’s character:

“Write this again, half as long.”

He kept making his kid rewrite an essay, each time cutting it in half.

Concise writing is a joy to read.


25 posted on 05/06/2016 12:30:28 PM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: ConservativeWarrior; Cboldt
Very good suggestions, which I appreciate.

One of my favorite Stephen King books is actually a non-fiction writer's manual, On Writing, which contains similar advice.

26 posted on 05/06/2016 12:37:17 PM PDT by OddLane
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